I had the rare privilege of hearing him live in 1966, still the greatest concert I ever attended. 1st half all Chopin, 2d half Beethoven Opus 111. At the end there was silence in the hall for what seemed like a full minute, then cheering that would not stop...
My father had the same privilege to be in his concert dated 30. 5. 1957 in Prague. What a coincidence, he told me that after Ballade op. 23 ended, there was silence in the hall. Then cheering... unstoppable... I understand why. You are lucky man, Mr. Karl.
Damn. Mostly I prefer CDs but the opportunity to have been there. I am incredibly envious. I can't think of a word 'more' than envious. But that's what I mean :)
There were quite a few pianists of the previous generation who could play the most amazing "leggeiro," including such greats as Benno Moiseiwitsch (have listen to the Mendelssohn-Rach Scherzo, or his Ravel!), Horowitz and Josef Hofmann. Interestingly, the pianist whose technique is most like Michelangeli is Glenn Gould. Like Gould, there is a reluctance to use much arm rotation which results in some problems of clarity in chordal passages. Comparing this performance with that of Hofmann (even though past his prime in 1937) will show what I mean..
Wordless!! È impossibile esprimere con parole un commento adeguato alla profondità di sentimento, di perfezione stilistica e tecnica. Postura di aristocratico. Solo...sentire ad occhi chiusi e dimenticare il quotidiano per salire al divino.
Notice how he rests his thumb on the keyslip (the piece of wood that covers the lower half of a key). This is something my own teacher used to do - she was a student of Bela Bartok. I never looked at my own hands so much until I began watching all these wonderful clips of Michelangeli !! It's wonderful stuff, Thanks for uploading it.
Great to read Karl's comment below about hearing this great pianist live. I really wish I had heard him too. Just come here from Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's 1969 performance of Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto, recorded in Helsinki. Best Beethoven's 5th I have ever heard I think. Michelangeli came from a well-to-do Italian family and his parents pushed him hard with his music practice from an early age, meaning that he had little chance to mix with other children. He was a pilot during WW2 and at one point was captured by German soldiers and imprisoned. When they discovered he was a pianist, they beat his hands. Luckily his hands recovered and he forged a great career, even though he did not perform as often as some pianists. He would practise for eight to ten hours a day, ensuring technical perfection first and then working for hours too on interpretation and always trying to respect the composer's score. I find his playing simply incredible: technical perfection, lightness of touch, power when needed, clarity of each note, the feeling that he is somehow getting very close indeed to how the composer himself might have sounded when playing the piece originally.
Absolutely STUNNING. Never was nuts about this piece until now... He makes it look so easy, and his sound is in complete control. Thanks so much for posting this.
@@EmptyVee00000 I see that you are actually not disappointed and that you revere the recording. Your comment creates the opposite impression in people, not to mention that you like women with very fat legs.
L'impareggiabile grazia, delicatezza e naturalezza dell'esecuzione, la perfetta simbiosi con lo strumento, unitamente all'eterea ispirazione divina che suscita la sua interpretazione fanno di Benedetti Michelangeli il più grande pianista degli ultimi tempi.
coloro che hanno messo "non mi piace" sono sicuramente gli stessi che ci ritroviamo nelle commissioni di molti concorsi pianistici........ormai l'interpretazione non è più premiata! vanno avanti solo i pianisti "polli da batteria".
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 JS Bach 1052! Prokoviev 1-3 Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! ABM i am going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov (.The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff (.The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy (.The.most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) Solomon Cutner (. The most perfect structure of music) Alexei Lubimov (. The Genius no 1 Mozart piano concerto no 27!.) Maurizio Pollini (.The.Genius no 2)
@@RaineriHakkarainen Su opinión es respetable, desde luego. Pero la expone usted como si fuera la única válida e indiscutible. Por otra parte, creo que sólo tendría derecho a opinar con esa contundencia alguien que fuera un igual, en técnica y conocimientos, de esos que usted nombra. ¿Lo es usted?
la testimonianza di Dio e la musica....poi i suoi profetti sono questi grandi legendi como Benedetti Michelangeli e tanti altri!!! la lista e interminabile!!!! Grazie Dio per Chopin ......!!!!
I have been thinking a lot of Chopin's genius lately. Not just him but how many of the great talents in history: Chopin, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Li Bai, Lennon, Kahlo, Dickinson, Poe, Louis Carroll, David Foster Wallace, Joel Peter-Witkin, Woody Allen, the list goes on... None of them had a truly happy life. Happiness exist in their work but so is suffering which further enhanced their work. It's obvious that ignorance is bliss; true genius and artistic talent tend to bring about a deep understanding of the human experience that is neither condusive or practical towards a long happy life. How thin is that line between Genius and Madness?
immenso...penso che oltre a riuscire ad ottenere un suono trascendentale inimitabile unici sia anche un dio di tecnica i pianosti di oggi asitici e non sono solo meccanici virtuosi non significA ESSERE SUPER VELOCI E RENDERE IL PEZZO VIVO E REALE MICHELANGELI PENSO CHE POSSA STRACCIARE TUTTI ANCH IN VELOCITA' MA SE NON ECCEDE E' SOLO PER MANTENERE IL PEZZO NELLA SUA CHIAREZZA ORIGINALE,SOLO CZIFFRA RIUSCIVA NELL ESTREMA VELOCITA'E CHIAREZZ QUEST DUE PIANISTI SONO RECORDMAN DI PIANO FORTE
NOT TRUE!! Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli not The Greatest Best pianist!! The.Greatest Best Pianist Are really=Artur Rubinstein (The GOD!) Grigory Sokolov (THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!!THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!!) Emil Gilels (!The KING!) Wilhelm Kempff ( the Best most beautiful piano sound Ever!!) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The Most Powerful Ever!) Maurizio ( The Genius no 2!) Alexei Lubimov=The Genius!! Ma
@@RaineriHakkarainen De nuevo nos arroja usted su opinión personal como si fuera Dios (para los que crean en en él). ¿No se da cuenta de que expresándose así nunca conseguirá que alguien la acepte?
Sì, ma ricordiamoci che Michelangeli non aveva il problema di dover rallentare... Solo perché lui è impassibile quando suona non vuol dire che usi velocità ridotte, anzi. Tra l'altro è proprio questa la cosa che lo rende tecnicamente inarrivabile, il non aver mai dovuto scegliere tra velocità, precisione e qualità del suono.
Now I understand that some pianists may lend phrases from each other. V. Horowitz' rendition of this grand piece, technically superior, bears a striking resemblance to Maestro Michelangeli's Italianesque cantabile-line. Pianistically speaking, Michelangeli's subtleties, moon-like silvery notes, are perhaps closer to Chopin's peculiar personality.
Once again, the key difference between Vladimir Horowitz's early recordings and Michelangeli's transcendental pianism, lies in the gentle, smooth delicacy and "pellucid quality" of the latter. Nevertheless, Horowitz in his last years, proved himself to be a master of nuances, and few pianist, as today, could rival his range of dynamics (ppp vs FFF).
@@jacopocamillini3919 It would need an hour of your time, at the piano, with, shall we say, twenty example phrases played how they should be played, while comparing them with how Michelangeli played them.
Still to this day, people are dumbfounded at how he managed to play like this. It silences any criticism, for it is a level of playing the keyboard that remains unequalled.
Sentite la delicatezza del tocco. Benedetti Michelangeli sembra sfiorare la tastiera, anche nei brani più impegnativi, più virtuosistici, le dita volano e si posano senza peso sui tasti. Credo che, se Chopin l'avesse ascoltato, l'avrebbe abbracciato. Sei unico, Benedetti Michelangeli!
@@EmptyVee00000 Non esageriamo... Ti ricordo che Chopin suonava le sue ballate distrutto dalla tisi, col finale della prima in sol minore tutto in pp anziché ff, episodio famoso, dovresti conoscerlo... Ma resta il fatto che ABM rimarrà per sempre il miglior pianista della storia. Fine.
How can anybody dare to click "don't like" on a performance like this ?? Of course you may not agree on every single musical choice of Michelangeli, I also don't agree here and there, but even if we just look at the technical rendition this performance is simply jaw-dropping...
Please enjoy this, as long as it is available, as I got a message from you tube about copyright... Of course, I don't own this clip. I only love both Chopin and Michelangeli!
only 1757 views for this great artist .I bet if his name was woo ,cho, lee ,liu,kwo or chooey lie he could possibly hope for more.Better luck next time Arturo!!! YOU get 10 likes from me!
I had the rare privilege of hearing him live in 1966, still the greatest concert I ever attended. 1st half all Chopin, 2d half Beethoven Opus 111. At the end there was silence in the hall for what seemed like a full minute, then cheering that would not stop...
Are you sure about that? Which concert venue?
My father had the same privilege to be in his concert dated 30. 5. 1957 in Prague. What a coincidence, he told me that after Ballade op. 23 ended, there was silence in the hall. Then cheering... unstoppable... I understand why. You are lucky man, Mr. Karl.
Damn. Mostly I prefer CDs but the opportunity to have been there. I am incredibly envious. I can't think of a word 'more' than envious. But that's what I mean :)
Nessuno ha il tocco leggero come lui, io credo che sia il più grande interprete di Chopin che ho avuto modo di ascoltare
Michelangeli here dwells alone in a realm that is supra-human.
Just a butterfly on the keyboard. Nobody else has/had his lightness together with a perfect technique.
There were quite a few pianists of the previous generation who could play the most amazing "leggeiro," including such greats as Benno Moiseiwitsch (have listen to the Mendelssohn-Rach Scherzo, or his Ravel!), Horowitz and Josef Hofmann. Interestingly, the pianist whose technique is most like Michelangeli is Glenn Gould. Like Gould, there is a reluctance to use much arm rotation which results in some problems of clarity in chordal passages. Comparing this performance with that of Hofmann (even though past his prime in 1937) will show what I mean..
Wordless!!
È impossibile esprimere con parole un commento adeguato alla profondità di sentimento, di perfezione stilistica e tecnica. Postura di aristocratico.
Solo...sentire ad occhi chiusi e dimenticare il quotidiano per salire al divino.
Grazie ad Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli credo in un Dio supremo. E lui ne è la testimonianza più sublime. Grazie Maestro dei Maestri.
...e' una frase, che pronuncio quando osservo una Donna di rara bellezza. Ma non hai torto neanche Tu...
Il Maestro sarebbe stato molto contento di questo bel commento
Marvelous Polonaise, with a very emotional and expressive line. . .
Notice how he rests his thumb on the keyslip (the piece of wood that covers the lower half of a key). This is something my own teacher used to do - she was a student of Bela Bartok. I never looked at my own hands so much until I began watching all these wonderful clips of Michelangeli !! It's wonderful stuff, Thanks for uploading it.
Incredible artistry. Legato, superb. Inner voices, astounding. What a touch!
unreal. the clarity and whimsy are unmatched. amazing rubatos too
I am so happy you enjoy this! His playing is out of this world. He sounds divine!
That happens when Chopin meet Michelangeli!
Bravo bravo bravo bravo brilliance fantastic genial grandiose music polonaise super
Great to read Karl's comment below about hearing this great pianist live. I really wish I had heard him too. Just come here from Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's 1969 performance of Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto, recorded in Helsinki. Best Beethoven's 5th I have ever heard I think. Michelangeli came from a well-to-do Italian family and his parents pushed him hard with his music practice from an early age, meaning that he had little chance to mix with other children. He was a pilot during WW2 and at one point was captured by German soldiers and imprisoned. When they discovered he was a pianist, they beat his hands. Luckily his hands recovered and he forged a great career, even though he did not perform as often as some pianists. He would practise for eight to ten hours a day, ensuring technical perfection first and then working for hours too on interpretation and always trying to respect the composer's score. I find his playing simply incredible: technical perfection, lightness of touch, power when needed, clarity of each note, the feeling that he is somehow getting very close indeed to how the composer himself might have sounded when playing the piece originally.
Absolutely STUNNING.
Never was nuts about this piece until now...
He makes it look so easy, and his sound is in complete control.
Thanks so much for posting this.
J'en ai les larmes aux yeux.. Du très grand Chopin.
Chapeau bas!
Quelle performance époustouflante!!! Mille fois bravo!!!
Just gorgeous! Every phrase going somewhere; every note meaning something! Sorry to gush, but this is exceptional.
Amazing playing, but the phrases and the notes are devoid of any direction or meaning; I am so disappointed.
@@EmptyVee00000 I see that you are actually not disappointed and that you revere the recording. Your comment creates the opposite impression in people, not to mention that you like women with very fat legs.
@Wee KeeYuu Nothing like a bit of humor to cheer yourself up!
@@EmptyVee00000 Hi
I love MICHELANGELI
he spiritualizes any composer
Thank god For Poland for giving us Chopin!
Thanks France for giving us Chopin!
@Mikołaj Gogolewski He was both, you know it, we all know it, why bother?
@Mikołaj Gogolewski Seems like you are a desperate case. Good luck.
L'impareggiabile grazia, delicatezza e naturalezza dell'esecuzione, la perfetta simbiosi con lo strumento, unitamente all'eterea ispirazione divina che suscita la sua interpretazione fanno di Benedetti Michelangeli il più grande pianista degli ultimi tempi.
Absolutely brilliant. Composition and performance.
When he began to paly, I can't help myself from crying....so beautiful....
coloro che hanno messo "non mi piace" sono sicuramente gli stessi che ci ritroviamo nelle commissioni di molti concorsi pianistici........ormai l'interpretazione non è più premiata! vanno avanti solo i pianisti "polli da batteria".
A me non piace, musicalmente, anche se si tratta di un'esecuzione tecnicamente impeccabile.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 JS Bach 1052! Prokoviev 1-3 Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! ABM i am going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov (.The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff (.The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy (.The.most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) Solomon Cutner (. The most perfect structure of music) Alexei Lubimov (. The Genius no 1 Mozart piano concerto no 27!.) Maurizio Pollini (.The.Genius no 2)
@@RaineriHakkarainen Su opinión es respetable, desde luego. Pero la expone usted como si fuera la única válida e indiscutible. Por otra parte, creo que sólo tendría derecho a opinar con esa contundencia alguien que fuera un igual, en técnica y conocimientos, de esos que usted nombra. ¿Lo es usted?
lacrime agli occhi,quanta bellezza!
la testimonianza di Dio e la musica....poi i suoi profetti sono questi grandi legendi como Benedetti Michelangeli e tanti altri!!! la lista e interminabile!!!! Grazie Dio per Chopin ......!!!!
Absolutely sublime
michelangeli is truly one of the greats there's no doubt now.
Tocco " romantico - classico" .È il mio Mito !
I have been thinking a lot of Chopin's genius lately. Not just him but how many of the great talents in history: Chopin, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Li Bai, Lennon, Kahlo, Dickinson, Poe, Louis Carroll, David Foster Wallace, Joel Peter-Witkin, Woody Allen, the list goes on...
None of them had a truly happy life. Happiness exist in their work but so is suffering which further enhanced their work. It's obvious that ignorance is bliss; true genius and artistic talent tend to bring about a deep understanding of the human experience that is neither condusive or practical towards a long happy life. How thin is that line between Genius and Madness?
Please add: Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei,
How many PEOPLE do you know that have truly "happy" lives?
Leonardo da Vinci
@@cruscante Hala! Ahora, a hacer cada cual su lista personal.
The fast runs are incredibly clean, how can he play those at x2 speed compared to most pianists while maintaining that level of clarity?
Quando cerco il divino, torno a te. Maestro.
WOW! THE smoothest andante spianato i have EVER heard! michelangeli was truly a genius!
Colin Rose listen to Hoffman ‘s live recording
Brilliant!!So smooth and Clear at the same time!Chopin would have liked this very much!
interpretazione grandiosa e sublime
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli degli Angeli del cielo sei caduto come un manto di velluto nelle anime di noi tutti per portarci le gioie di Chopin
Just WOW ! Is Chopin alive !!! Only Chopin himself would play like that !
Wish the volume were a little higher on this. But beautiful.
beyond fantastic and sublime
Senza parole
Just perfect!!!
Perfection!!
La perfection...
Ogni volta che sento la Coda - da 12:00 circa in poi - sono impressionato: mi pare esegua un accelerando con una freddezza meravigliosa e trascinante.
really the best
Stunning, wonderful rendition!😃
Brilliant playing ! Beautiful !
Simply wonderful! Thanks for posting this gem!
Ah lovely just lovely art its all this is
Quelle perfection et quelle finesse！！！
What a master!
Pretty much perfect.
immenso...penso che oltre a riuscire ad ottenere un suono trascendentale inimitabile unici sia anche un dio di tecnica i pianosti di oggi asitici e non sono solo meccanici virtuosi non significA ESSERE SUPER VELOCI E RENDERE IL PEZZO VIVO E REALE MICHELANGELI PENSO CHE POSSA STRACCIARE TUTTI ANCH IN VELOCITA' MA SE NON ECCEDE E' SOLO PER MANTENERE IL PEZZO NELLA SUA CHIAREZZA ORIGINALE,SOLO CZIFFRA RIUSCIVA NELL ESTREMA VELOCITA'E CHIAREZZ QUEST DUE PIANISTI SONO RECORDMAN DI PIANO FORTE
El magnifico
Sublime.
Lira93 .
Grandissimo
La testimonianza concreta e inconfutabile dell'esistenza di Dio.
Emvadraen Dawnfeather
si chiama Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, oltre che musica
Someone needs to remaster the audio ASAP
SIMPLY THE BEST!
Inarrivabile!!!!!!!!
Mon Dieu, quel toucher!!!!
grande...grande!
I really wish that there's an HD recording of this.
When you just see him play it looks almost banal. When you just hear him play its almost angelic. The timing!
8:12 just like heaven
Amazing
Indeed :-)
mamma mia!
Divine!!
beautiful!
I concur.
simplex sigillum veri - only true genius can make it look simple.
Condivido parola per parola quanto ha scritto Enrico Gandolfini
the goat
Musical I N D E L E 'V E L .
Il punto più alto. Io non so se ci sia qualcuno in grado di suonare altrettanto bene, ma meglio credo non sia materialmente possibile.
NOT TRUE!! Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli not The Greatest Best pianist!! The.Greatest Best Pianist Are really=Artur Rubinstein (The GOD!) Grigory Sokolov (THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!!THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!!) Emil Gilels (!The KING!) Wilhelm Kempff ( the Best most beautiful piano sound Ever!!) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The Most Powerful Ever!) Maurizio ( The Genius no 2!) Alexei Lubimov=The Genius!! Ma
@@RaineriHakkarainen How good! Of course with all those capital letters you are certainly right!
@@RaineriHakkarainen De nuevo nos arroja usted su opinión personal como si fuera Dios (para los que crean en en él). ¿No se da cuenta de que expresándose así nunca conseguirá que alguien la acepte?
The basics are strict…
refined！！
È irraggiungibile...
💖💖💖🌹
2:54
IRRAGGIUNGIBILE DA QUI ALL'ETERNITÀ!
In the title, please mention the full family name of the great pianist, i.e. BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI
Penso che i tasti del piano siano in cristallo di Boemia 🙄😌😍
Fantasia sui temi de le nozze di figaro
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Sì, ma ricordiamoci che Michelangeli non aveva il problema di dover rallentare... Solo perché lui è impassibile quando suona non vuol dire che usi velocità ridotte, anzi. Tra l'altro è proprio questa la cosa che lo rende tecnicamente inarrivabile, il non aver mai dovuto scegliere tra velocità, precisione e qualità del suono.
does anyone have any sort of information on what year this was recorded?
1961 on a television programme by RAI.
סוף הדרך
why did he skip the great intro!?
I was asking myself the same.
l'unico pianista al mondo per le cui interpretazioni non si può cliccare il tasto "non mi piace"
Now I understand that some pianists may lend phrases from each other. V. Horowitz' rendition of this grand piece, technically superior, bears a striking resemblance to Maestro Michelangeli's Italianesque cantabile-line. Pianistically speaking, Michelangeli's subtleties, moon-like silvery notes, are perhaps closer to Chopin's peculiar personality.
Once again, the key difference between Vladimir Horowitz's early recordings and Michelangeli's transcendental pianism, lies in the gentle, smooth delicacy and "pellucid quality" of the latter. Nevertheless, Horowitz in his last years, proved himself to be a master of nuances, and few pianist, as today, could rival his range of dynamics (ppp vs FFF).
what does the hell "aquasion" mean??
God.
Superb piano-playing, but I do not hear any Chopin here.
Superb comment, but i do not hear argumentation here.
@@jacopocamillini3919 It would need an hour of your time, at the piano, with, shall we say, twenty example phrases played how they should be played, while comparing them with how Michelangeli played them.
Perfection!
Still to this day, people are dumbfounded at how he managed to play like this. It silences any criticism, for it is a level of playing the keyboard that remains unequalled.
Sentite la delicatezza del tocco. Benedetti Michelangeli sembra sfiorare la tastiera, anche nei brani più impegnativi, più virtuosistici, le dita volano e si posano senza peso sui tasti. Credo che, se Chopin l'avesse ascoltato, l'avrebbe abbracciato. Sei unico, Benedetti Michelangeli!
Enrico Gandolfini
Chopin sarebbe stato mortificato.
Enrico Gandolfini ,premesso che non so neanche scrivere la parola "Conservatorio ", le dita del Mo fulminano pure un ignorante come me
@@EmptyVee00000 Non esageriamo... Ti ricordo che Chopin suonava le sue ballate distrutto dalla tisi, col finale della prima in sol minore tutto in pp anziché ff, episodio famoso, dovresti conoscerlo... Ma resta il fatto che ABM rimarrà per sempre il miglior pianista della storia. Fine.
@@salvorizzo8671 Non concordo; per me Rachmaninoff, poi Ashkenazy (musicisti, non solo pianisti come ABM).
How can anybody dare to click "don't like" on a performance like this ?? Of course you may not agree on every single musical choice of Michelangeli, I also don't agree here and there, but even if we just look at the technical rendition this performance is simply jaw-dropping...
내가누름 ㅋ
Please enjoy this, as long as it is available, as I got a message from you tube about copyright...
Of course, I don't own this clip. I only love both Chopin and Michelangeli!
Thank you so much for sharing ! Should be a recording for RAI(Italian TV national broadcast). Almost live, no remakes
Glad they didn't delete this :)
Il timbro, l'esecuzione, la chiarezza e coerenza in tutte le note.. la più bella interpretazione
only 1757 views for this great artist .I bet if his name was woo ,cho, lee ,liu,kwo or chooey lie he could possibly hope for more.Better luck next time Arturo!!!
YOU get 10 likes from me!